Adam is teaching a new class with a diverse collection of students. To reduce potential prejudice in the classroom, he attempts to get the students working together in groups. If negative attitudes toward different categories of students within the classroom decrease, this approach would be support for the __________ hypothesis.

a. contact
b. cognitive
c. concept
d. construct)

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Answer:

a. contact  

Explanation:

If negative attitudes toward different categories of students within the classroom decrease, this approach would be support for the contact hypothesis because contact hypothesis states that relationship between people within a group will be improved and prejudice reduced if they are made to work together, given the required conditions. Hence friction among people in a group is reduced by the more CONTACT they have with each other.